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Bikers set to ride for underprivileged kids
Bay 93.9
Geelong Toy Run They may look tough and scary in their leathers and helmets but Geelong's bikers wll show their soft side tomorrow when they take to local highways for the annual Toy Run. The ride from Geelong to Queenscliff sets out from the Deakin ...

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Geelong teens remanded over 120km chase
Bay 93.9
police van door car Three teenagers arrested after a 120-kilometre police chase from Dandenong to Geelong will front court again before Christmas. Two 15-year-olds and 16-year-old were taken into custody after their allegedly stolen car ran out of fuel ...and more »

Geelong Advertiser
Sheriff clamps down on fine dodgers
Geelong Advertiser
THE long arm of the law caught up with fine-dodging Geelong motorists on Thursday. A blitz on Ryrie St in East Geelong by the Sheriff's Office and police resulted in 28 fine evaders being caught. In total, the drivers owed almost $77,000 from their 223 ...

Geelong Advertiser
Cheerleaders to compete in 2024 Olympics
Geelong Advertiser
GEELONG cheerleaders are even more pumped up than usual after a landmark decision to recognise the activity as an official Olympic sport. The International Olympic Committee this week granted both cheerleading and Muay Thai provisional recognition ...
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Geelong Advertiser
Geelong Racing Club forced to cut stable plan
Geelong Advertiser
GEELONG Racing Club has been forced to significantly cut back its plans for new oncourse stables. The club will now build just two stables rather than the planned five after its Haworth Court complex which was built on Crown Land sold for $1.6m, well ...

Geelong Advertiser
Daniel Andrews: Call for PM to arrange COAG 'city deal' for Geelong ...
Geelong Advertiser
PREMIER Daniel Andrews will call on the Prime Minister to deliver a City Deal for Geelong, following massive cash packages for Townsville and Launceston.and more »

Geelong Advertiser
World game is right on target
Geelong Advertiser
SOCCER has been crowned Australia's most popular club-based sport in a national study of physical education participation habits. The AusPlay study by the Australian Sports Commission found golf the most popular sport for adults, ahead of soccer ...and more »

Townsville Bulletin
Geelong Cats coach Chris Scott remains on leave until new year as he deals with brother Ben's death
Townsville Bulletin
GEELONG has given grieving coach Chris Scott the space to return to work on his own terms as he deals with the tragic death of younger brother Ben. Scott remains on indefinite leave and is unlikely to be back at the club in a fulltime capacity until ...

Geelong Advertiser
Libs label Citizens' Jury a 'sham'
Geelong Advertiser
GEELONG'S Citizens' Jury has been labelled a “sham process with a predetermined outcome” by the state's Opposition local government spokesman. MP David Davis opposed the tabling of the jury's interim report in Parliament on Thursday, before slamming ...

Herald Sun
A-League expansion: Geelong Cats CEO questions viability of city hosting another major team
Herald Sun
GEELONG Cats chief executive Brian Cook has questioned whether the regional city has the money to support multiple clubs competing in national leagues. But the respected sports administrator said a privately funded A-League team on Corio Bay has ...
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Geelong Advertiser
Local students caught in VCE bungle
Geelong Advertiser
STUDENTS from at least five Geelong schools have received their VCE results almost a week ahead of their scheduled statewide release, due to an IT bungle. The opposition and affected students are calling on the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre to ...and more »

Geelong Advertiser
Laughing gas no laughing matter
Geelong Advertiser
GEELONG hospital's emergency department doctor knows that telling people not to do drugs does not work. But Geelong hospital emergency department doctor Nic Reid wants people to be aware of the risks when considering inhaling large and pure ...

Herald Sun
Geelong Council election: recommended system changes tabled in ...
Herald Sun
GEELONG councils presidential-style mayoral election process should be scrapped, according to a report.and more »

Geelong Advertiser
Damaging winds to lash the region
Geelong Advertiser
A SEVERE weather warning has been issued for Geelong and the Surf Coast, with damaging winds of up to 124km/h lashing the state. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology today issued the warning, with wild winds of 40 to 50km/h and possible gusts of ...and more »

Herald Sun
Melbourne Boomers to host Adelaide Lightning in WNBL fixture in Geelong
Herald Sun
The Boomers head to Geelong to host Adelaide Lightning at The Arena on January 7, taking WNBL to the regional city for the first time since 2008. Garrick, who was born-and-bred in Shepparton, got her first taste of the national league as a 16-year-old ...

Geelong Advertiser
Teens lead police on 125km chase to Geelong
Geelong Advertiser
TWO 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old have been arrested after a high-speed police pursuit across Geelong and Melbourne ended outside a local police station. Sergeant Dean Higgins from the Southern Metro Crime Investigation Unit told the Geelong ...and more »

The Advertiser
Most local MPs behind right-to-die vote
The Advertiser
A MAJORITY of Geelong MPs are set to vote in favour of a voluntary euthanasia bill in Spring Street next year. Premier Daniel Andrews announced this week a conscience vote would be held, following support from a cross-party committee, in a move that ...

Geelong Advertiser
Trim Motlop is abs-olutely fit
Geelong Advertiser
A TRIM Steven Motlop caught eyes as Geelong's senior players returned to pre-season training yesterday. The silky forward, who was placed on the trade table at the end of the year by the Cats but received little interest, cut a lean figure as he ran ...

Geelong Advertiser
Bizarre attempt to sabotage auction
Geelong Advertiser
POLICE have impounded a car after its driver did burnouts in a Belmont street where an auction was being held. The auction on Frank St, Belmont, was moved several times on Saturday due to neighbours allegedly blaring music, using a whipper snipper, ...

Geelong Advertiser
Ghostbusters star dies aged 88
Geelong Advertiser
ALICE Drummond, who starred in Friends, Doubt and played the spooked librarian in Ghostbusters, has died. The New York Times reports that the veteran character actress died in New York City aged 88. The petite actress often commanded the screen.and more »

Herald Sun
Geelong baby's life saved while inside her mother's womb
Herald Sun
MONTHS before she was even born, Chayara McKee already had her life saved through perfect timing and extraordinary efforts to treat her inside her mother's womb. When scans 25 weeks into Megan McKee's pregnancy revealed her unborn child's heart ...and more »

The Age
The Geelong draftee Esava Ratugolea's love of football started with ...
The Age
New Cat Esava Ratugolea was excited about meeting Geelong stars Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield in his first week at the club. The Cobram local was ...and more »

Townsville Bulletin
Former Geelong Trades Hall secretary Tim Gooden is back on the ...
Townsville Bulletin
Having stepped aside after 12 years as Geelong Trades Hall secretary, he's the renaissance carpenter — back on the worksite, seeking to align old learnings ...and more »

New Cat Timm House right at home in Geelong
AFL.com.au
TIMM House was at home on the family farm when a mate phoned to inform him the Cats had drafted him with pick No.68 in the 2016 NAB AFL Draft. He was sitting in a truck on the property in Gnowangerup, four hours southeast of Perth, giving his dad a ...

Herald Sun
SCOTT GULLAN, Herald Sun
Herald Sun
IT wasn't quite a trance, but Jamaine Jones' gaze was fixed on the empty stands around Simonds Stadium. “It's just unreal,” he said several times as he slowly turned to take in his new home. Around him, the other Geelong recruits expressed similar ...and more »

Geelong Advertiser
The phone calls that made new Cat feel at home
Geelong Advertiser
QUINTON Narkle only needed to answer his phone three times to know he was in the big league. First came the call from Geelong captain Joel Selwood just after the Cats had called out Narkle's name with pick 60 in the national draft. Then the Perth ...

Geelong Advertiser
Milestone as snooker club fights back
Geelong Advertiser
ROBBIE Chilcott feared the Geelong Snooker and Billiards Association would go “belly up” just two years ago. Forced from its traditional home at the Geelong RSL, Chilcott was convinced it was the beginning of the end for his beloved club. “The last few ...

Geelong Advertiser
Supreme Court: Geelong woman Alicia Schiller found guilty of ...
Geelong Advertiser
THE mother of a Norlane woman who died after being brutally stabbed says she believes justice has been given after a jury found her daughters killer guilty of ...
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Geelong Advertiser
'I was worried someone was in there'
Geelong Advertiser
A LEOPOLD man has told how he ran to his neighbour's house to try to save them as smoke billowed from the family's home. Pete McEwan said he was outside washing his car when his housemate spotted smoke. “The lady I was with comes running out ...and more »

Geelong Advertiser
The day the Cats circled Abbott
Geelong Advertiser
RYAN Abbott played only four VFL matches this year but it took just one for the Cats to be convinced he was worth a punt. The 25-year-old ruckman is suddenly the poster boy for perseverance after being plucked from the Geelong Football League in last ...

Geelong Advertiser
Bartels net handsome return
Geelong Advertiser
CoreLogic revealed the sale price for 5B Dudley Ave after the property settled from an off market sale in August. The hillside home features a lap pool that cuts a straight line down the middle of the house and a sweeping view over the Queens Park valley.

Geelong Advertiser
Events galore before Christmas
Geelong Advertiser
DECEMBER means 'tis the season on the Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast, with many local towns hosting a variety of Christmas festivities to feast on. From traditional Christmas carols that fill the night skies with song, to a variety of Christmas ...and more »

Geelong Advertiser
Enright breathes new life into old pub
Geelong Advertiser
Mat Dyer, Dean Trembath, Max McKay and Cats legend Corey Enright have made the venue into what they believe is the perfect space for food, drink and a social affair. The men, Corey, 33, Mat, 32, Dean, 27 and Max, 25, wanted to create a space they would ...

Geelong Advertiser
'Dad, you'll need a new truck driver'
Geelong Advertiser
TIMM House will always have a story to tell the grandkids about the moment he found out he was drafted by Geelong. It's harvest time back home in Gnowangerup, four hours southeast of Perth, and House had spent the day behind the wheel of a truck ...

Geelong Advertiser
Top Cat Parfitt eyes immediate impact
Geelong Advertiser
GEELONG'S top draft pick Brandan Parfitt is confident a Round 1 debut is possible if he knuckles down through pre-season. The Cats unveiled the highly-talented 18-year-old alongside their other national and rookie draftees at Simonds Stadium on Thursday.and more »

Geelong Advertiser
Meet Geelong's newest cult star
Geelong Advertiser
GEELONG draftee Esava Ratugolea has only been playing Aussie rules footy for four years, but his size and raw athleticism made the 18-year-old an instant talent. Geelong Advertiser footy expert Nick Wade had the chance to chat with the Fijian-born NSW ...

Fox Sports
Zach Tuohy has indicated he'd like to play in Geelong's midfield ...
Fox Sports
CARLTON import Zach Tuohy has indicated he'd like to play alongside Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood in Geelong's midfield next season. Tuohy, 26, was ...and more »

Geelong Advertiser
City needs to move on Beach House
Geelong Advertiser
IT was a lovely spot to be married, and therefore a fitting spot nearly a year later to go into labour with my first child. It was New Year's Eve 1997 and fireworks were lighting up the sky; reflected by the inky waters of Corio Bay. My husband and I ...
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Geelong Advertiser
Our gutsy runner keeps bouncing back
Geelong Advertiser
TORQUAY sprint sensation Mia Gross is a shining example of resilience and mental toughness for junior athletes. Devastated after being disqualified for breaking in the 400m final at this year's national championships, the 15-year-old responded with ...

Geelong Advertiser
How the hospital blew its budget
Geelong Advertiser
GEELONG'S rapidly expanding private hospital sector was partly to blame for Barwon Health's budget blowout last financial year. But Belinda Moyes — who started as chief executive officer of the public health provider in July — says its finances are ...and more »

Geelong Advertiser
Weather man Steve Jacobs quits Today
Geelong Advertiser
The 49-year-old announced today that he's stepped down from the gruelling weekday role, and taking up a post on Weekend Today. Breaking the news on Today in an emotional segment, Jacobs said: “Monday to Friday, for the past 12 years, I haven't been ...and more »

Geelong Advertiser
Farmer dies after machinery horror
Geelong Advertiser
A MOUNT Duneed farmer has died in hospital days after a farming accident that saw him trapped in machinery for more than a day. Don Fagg, 67, was critically injured after he was caught in a hay baling machine before being found on Tuesday. A Victoria ...
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Geelong Advertiser
Simonds work rolls on despite friction
Geelong Advertiser
CONSTRUCTION work at Simonds Stadium could grind to a halt following a face-off between construction bosses and the militant CFMEU. After the union directed angry words at the project's builder, there are now fears for the redevelopment's completion in ...